AMERICA FIRST? The US was declared the "most competitive" industrial nation by business leaders at the International Institute for Management Development, ranking just ahead of Singapore and Japan. Other top ten countries included Hong Kong and Malaysia. "Competitive" is a business buzzword, meaning: low wages, few worker benefits, and intense deregulation. Here are some facts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to show the nature of American "competitiveness":
American workers put in more working hours in an average year (1,847) than their British (1,622), French (1,619), Swedish (1,569), and German (1,419) comrades.
German workers labor an average of 30.6 hours a week, with no reduction in pay. American workers labor an average of 39.5 hours a week, an increase from the previous average of 38.3 hours a week.
American workers have the least number of paid holidays and vacation, averaging 23 days per year, constrasted with Japan (25), Britain (31), France (35), Italy (40), and Germany (42).
The average American CEO's income is 150 times more than that of the average shop floor worker.
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